Math 170

Mathematics 170
Calculus for the Life Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
Fall 2015

Professor David Nicholls

1219 Science and Engineering Offices (SEO)
davidn@uic.edu
http://www.math.uic.edu/~nicholls/math170_fall15

Lecture (Lecture Center C, Room 4): MWF 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Office Hours (1219 SEO):

Wednesdays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
by appointment

Textbook:

Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 3rd edition.

Other References:

Stewart and Day, Biocalculus.
Hughes-Hallet, Gleason, Lock, Flath, Applied Calculus, 5th edition.

Grading:

Homeworks: 15%
Quizzes: 15%
Exam 1: 20%
Exam 2: 20%
Final Exam: 30%

Grading Scale:

A: 80-100
B: 65-79
C: 55-64
D: 40-54
F: 0-39

Attendance: To pass the course

You must attend 80% of the discussion sections (24 of 29).
You must take 80% of the quizzes (12 of 15).

Homeworks:

Homeworks will be collected by the TA on Thursday by 11am every week.
A subset of the problems will be graded for credit.

Quizzes:

There will be 15 unannounced quizzes.
The top 12 scores will be counted (there are no make-ups!).
You must take 12 quizzes to pass the course.

Exams:

Exam 1: Friday, October 2 (in class)
Exam 2: Friday, November 6 (in class)
FINAL: Tuesday, December 8 (10:30am - 12:30pm, location TBA)

Diagnostic Quiz: Wednesday, August 26 (score not counted towards grade)

Calculators: Calculators will not be permitted in this course.

Approximate Schedule with Homework:

WEEK	DATE	SECTION	DUE DATE	PROBLEMS
1	Aug 24	1.1	Sep 3	1.1: 4, 6, 20, 30, 50, 52, 58, 60, 66, 68, 74, 78, 90, 108
	Aug 26	1.1-1.2	Sep 3	1.2: 6, 14, 24, 30, 34, 44, 52, 54, 62, 66, 70, 72, 80, 86, 100, 104
	Aug 28	1.2
2	Aug 31	1.3	Sep 10	1.3: 6, 14, 28, 36, 40, 52, 74, 86, 90
	Sep 2	2.1	Sep 10	2.1: 8, 16, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 70
	Sep 4	2.2	Sep 10	2.2: 10, 22, 30, 32, 40, 48, 52, 72, 76, 86, 92, 94, 98, 108
3	Sep 7	LABOR DAY
	Sep 9	2.2-2.3
	Sep 11	2.3	Sep 17	2.3: 2, 10, 14, 22, 28, 32, 38, 44, 48, 52, 56
4	Sep 14	3.1	Sep 24	3.1: 2, 10, 24, 28, 38, 44, 48, 50
	Sep 16	3.1-3.2	Sep 24	3.2: 2, 6, 10, 20, 24, 26, 34, 42
	Sep 18	3.2
5	Sep 21	3.3	Oct 1	3.3: 4, 14, 22, 26
	Sep 23	3.4	Oct 1	3.4: 2, 8, 14, 20
	Sep 25	3.5	Oct 1	3.5: 2, 6, 8, 10
6	Sep 28	4.1	Oct 8	4.1: 4, 8, 12, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 40, 44, 48, 56, 60, 66
	Sep 30	Review		Sample Midterm 1
	Oct 2	MIDTERM 1
7	Oct 5	4.2	Oct 15	4.2: 2, 6, 10, 18, 24, 30, 38, 44, 48, 52, 58, 60, 66, 74
	Oct 7	4.3	Oct 15	4.3: 4, 6, 16, 18, 22, 26, 32, 38, 48, 50, 54, 60, 72, 78, 82, 86
	Oct 9	4.4	Oct 15	4.4: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 34, 42, 48, 52, 56, 62, 66, 70, 76, 86
8	Oct 12	4.5	Oct 22	4.5: 2, 6, 14, 20, 30, 36, 44, 50, 60, 64, 66, 70
	Oct 14	4.6	Oct 22	4.6: 2, 6, 14, 18, 24, 30, 34, 42, 52, 56, 60, 62, 64, 70
	Oct 16	4.7	Oct 22	4.7: 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26, 30, 38, 40, 48, 58, 60, 64, 68, 70
9	Oct 19	4.8	Oct 29	4.8: 2, 8, 12, 16, 22, 24, 32, 36, 46, 48
	Oct 21	5.1	Oct 29	5.1: 2, 6, 14, 18, 20, 26, 34, 36, 42, 46, 48, 54
	Oct 23	5.1-5.2	Oct 29	5.2: 4, 10, 14, 22, 28, 30, 36, 38
10	Oct 26	5.2
	Oct 28	5.3	Nov 5	5.3: 2, 8, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38
	Oct 30	5.3-5.4	Nov 5	5.4: 2, 4, 8, 14, 18, 26
11	Nov 2	5.4
	Nov 4	Review		Sample Midterm 2
	Nov 6	MIDTERM 2
12	Nov 9	5.5	Nov 19	5.5: 4, 8, 14, 18, 24, 30, 36, 38, 56, 60, 62, 64
	Nov 11	5.8	Nov 19	5.8: 2, 8, 16, 20, 28, 34, 44, 50, 60, 62, 68, 76
	Nov 13	6.1
13	Nov 16	6.1	Nov 24 (Tu)	6.1: 2, 8, 18, 22, 24, 28, 32, 34, 42, 48, 68, 70, 76, 82
	Nov 18	6.2	Nov 24 (Tu)	6.2: 4, 6, 10, 12, 40, 46, 50, 60, 62, 66, 80, 82, 98, 100, 104, 108, 116, 120
	Nov 20	6.3
14	Nov 23	6.3-7.1	Dec 3	6.3: 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 28, 30, 32
	Nov 25	7.1	Dec 3	7.1: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 40, 44, 48, 52, 54
	Nov 27	THANKSGIVING
15	Nov 30	7.2		7.2: 4, 6, 10, 12, 18, 20, 24, 28, 36, 42, 54, 62, 66
	Dec 2	Review		Sample Final Exam
	Dec 4	Review		Sample Final Exam
16	Dec 8	FINAL EXAM